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Verify a Illinois Registered Nurse license

liveIL Board of Nursing · profession key rn

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How Illinois Registered Nurse license verification works

A Registered Nurse in Illinois is licensed by the IL Board of Nursing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: status expires issued effective license_type discipline_actions data_as_of.

Board note: IDFPR license file on data.illinois.gov (weekly; rowsUpdatedAt 2026-11-02), queried live over SODA; interactive lookup online-dfpr.micropact.com/lookup/licenselookup.aspx is FormShield image-CAPTCHA gated (not used); captured 2026-11-03; Board of Nursing: RN 041, LPN 043, APRN 209/277 (crna/cnm are APRN rows, no subtype)

What a Registered Nurse license check returns

Field checkPasses when
license_numberEqual to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
nameLast name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
license_typeThe record is a Registered Nurse license, strictly (no near-miss types)
statusThe board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
expiresExpiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
disciplinary_actionsRecorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Nurse Licensure Compact and multistate Registered Nurse licenses

Registered Nurse licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the Nurse Licensure Compact. When the Illinois record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.

Verify a Illinois Registered Nurse license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "IL", "profession": "rn", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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